Here are some of my daughter’s treasures that I would like to share. Pardon the relative disarray: I haven’t got around to making bookshelves yet. These are housed in wardrobes that were cleansed of any clothes and other inconsequential stuff. The first photo is books at hand that A. has earmarked as ‘to be read over the next few weeks’. Note the Bill Bryson book at the far right in the upper row: A Really Short History of Nearly Everything. The second photo is of books A. has read. The third photo is the other half of the shelf shown in photo 2. Harry Potter books, Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series are behind these as is our collection of picture books by the Indian publishers. The thin red and white books obscured by the issue of Tell Me Why are our collection of the Amelia Bedelia books.

A piece quilt is exactly as it sounds – a blanket made from strips of fabric. When I looked at your photo I imagined each book as a single strip of fabric; stitched together they would look like a crowded book shelf! Here is a site that gives instructions on how to make one: http://www.lubirdbaby.com/2011/04/easy-strip-quilt-tutorial.html